‘Expired’ PS Vita and PS3 digital games are now unplayable
Players on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita are having a hard time accessing their digital purchases after a strange expiration date suddenly appeared in some games, as first reported by Kotaku. The problem appears to mainly affect classic titles, preventing users from playing chrono crossAnd Chrono playerAnd Final Fantasy VIBecause the games have “expired”.
But here’s the weird part: expiration dates go back half a century in the past. Twitter user Christopher Voss shared photo for him chrono cross The download, which indicates the expiration of the game on December 31, 1969 at 19:20. He says that the problem only occurred after re-downloading the game, and that he can now not play it on PS3 and PS Vita.
GamesHub Edmund Tran Found in a similar way He was unable to play chrono cross On PS3 thanks to a 52-year expiration date. And while Tran says he can still play the classic title on his PS Vita, he was unable to find the listing on the PS Vita Store, an indication that Sony may have removed it. Recent users on Reddit and Twitter I also reported the issue with Rune Ocean FactoryAnd Super Street Fighter 4: Arcade EditionAnd Gex: Enter the geckoSome have their entire digital library.
As pointed out in various threads and posts about this issue, some players say they have tried resetting their consoles to factory settings, subscribing and unsubscribing to PlayStation Plus, and restoring their game licenses, all to no avail. PlayStation has not yet acknowledged the situation, and the game company has not responded immediately the borderComment request.
However, there is one possible reason for this to happen. Kotaku It indicates that the problem may be due to a bug that causes the PS Vita and PS3 to revert to the expiration dates of game licenses for the Unix era, or an arbitrary time and date set by developers to mark the beginning of the console’s life.
Even if this is just a bug, it does raise concerns that Sony has had yet another hit with its PS3 and PS Vita stores. After the game company nearly closed both stores last year, making it difficult for them to buy from them disrupts the ability to use credit cards or PayPal to make purchases.
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